| Lichens survive in space: results from the 2005 LICHENS experiment LG Sancho, R De la Torre, G Horneck, C Ascaso, A de Los Rios, ... Astrobiology 7 (3), 443-454, 2007 | 309 | 2007 |
| Facilitation of endolithic microbial survival in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert by mineral deliquescence AF Davila, B Gómez‐Silva, A de Los Rios, C Ascaso, H Olivares, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 113 (G1), 2008 | 187 | 2008 |
| Hygroscopic salts and the potential for life on Mars AF Davila, LG Duport, R Melchiorri, J Jänchen, S Valea, A de Los Rios, ... Astrobiology 10 (6), 617-628, 2010 | 182 | 2010 |
| Microorganisms in desert rocks: the edge of life on Earth J Wierzchos, A Ríos, C Ascaso Sociedad Española de Microbiología, 2012 | 181 | 2012 |
| Microbial colonization of Ca‐sulfate crusts in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert: implications for the search for life on Mars J Wierzchos, B Cámara, A de Los Rios, AF Davila, IM Sánchez Almazo, ... Geobiology 9 (1), 44-60, 2011 | 170 | 2011 |
| Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria AE Murray, J Freudenstein, S Gribaldo, R Hatzenpichler, P Hugenholtz, ... Nature microbiology 5 (8), 987-994, 2020 | 169 | 2020 |
| Microstructural characterization of cyanobacterial mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica A de Los Ríos, C Ascaso, J Wierzchos, E Fernández-Valiente, A Quesada Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (1), 569-580, 2004 | 163 | 2004 |
| In situ evaluation of the biodeteriorating action of microorganisms and the effects of biocides on carbonate rock of the Jeronimos Monastery (Lisbon) C Ascaso, J Wierzchos, V Souza-Egipsy, A De los Rıos, JD Rodrigues International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 49 (1), 1-12, 2002 | 153 | 2002 |
| Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions–results of the Lithopanspermia experiments R de La Torre, LG Sancho, G Horneck, A de los Ríos, J Wierzchos, ... Icarus 208 (2), 735-748, 2010 | 152 | 2010 |
| Ultrastructural and genetic characteristics of endolithic cyanobacterial biofilms colonizing Antarctic granite rocks A De Los Ríos, M Grube, LG Sancho, C Ascaso FEMS microbiology ecology 59 (2), 386-395, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
| Consistent changes in the taxonomic structure and functional attributes of bacterial communities during primary succession R Ortiz-Álvarez, N Fierer, A De Los Ríos, EO Casamayor, A Barberán The ISME journal 12 (7), 1658-1667, 2018 | 140 | 2018 |
| Acid microenvironments in microbial biofilms of Antarctic endolithic microecosystems A Los Ríos, J Wierzchos, LG Sancho, C Ascaso Environmental microbiology 5 (4), 231-237, 2003 | 129 | 2003 |
| Microbial colonization of halite from the hyper-arid Atacama Desert studied by Raman spectroscopy P Vítek, HGM Edwards, J Jehlička, C Ascaso, A De los Ríos, S Valea, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2010 | 126 | 2010 |
| Comparative analysis of the microbial communities inhabiting halite evaporites of the Atacama Desert A Ríos, S Valea, C Ascaso, AF Dávila, J Kastovsky, CP McKay, ... Sociedad Española de Microbiología, 2010 | 119 | 2010 |
| Contributions of in situ microscopy to the current understanding of stone biodeterioration A de Los Ríos, C Ascaso International Microbiology 8 (3), 181, 2005 | 118 | 2005 |
| Global hotspots for soil nature conservation CA Guerra, M Berdugo, DJ Eldridge, N Eisenhauer, BK Singh, H Cui, ... Nature 610 (7933), 693-698, 2022 | 117 | 2022 |
| Ecology of endolithic lichens colonizing granite in continental Antarctica A De Los Rios, J Wierzchos, LG Sancho, TGA Green, C Ascaso The lichenologist 37 (5), 383-395, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| Deteriorating effects of lichen and microbial colonization of carbonate building rocks in the Romanesque churches of Segovia (Spain) A de Los Ríos, B Cámara, MAAG Del Cura, VJ Rico, V Galván, C Ascaso Science of the total environment 407 (3), 1123-1134, 2009 | 97 | 2009 |
| Endolithic growth of two Lecidea lichens in granite from continental Antarctica detected by molecular and microscopy techniques A De los Rios, LG Sancho, M Grube, J Wierzchos, C Ascaso New Phytologist 165 (1), 181-190, 2005 | 97 | 2005 |
| Endolithic microbial diversity in sandstone and granite from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica SDJ Archer, A De los Ríos, KC Lee, TS Niederberger, SC Cary, KJ Coyne, ... Polar Biology 40, 997-1006, 2017 | 92 | 2017 |